Once you have collected and recorded your packaging data in the desired EPR format, you must submit this data to your compliance scheme in August 2023. This will be for the time period of January-June 2023.
The first Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging data submission must include:
1. Packaging activity
This is how you put the packaging on the market and what your role was when you put the packaging on the UK market. This is split up into different activities, these are:
- supplied under your brand
- packed or filled as unbranded
- imported
- supplied as empty packaging to a producer who sits below threshold
- hired or loaned
- supplied through an online marketplace that you own
2. Packaging material and weight
This is recorded in the categories of:
- Aluminium
- Glass
- Paper or cardboard
- Plastic
- Steel
- Wood
- ‘Other’ e.g., rubber, cork etc
- Fibre-based composite (new for EPR)
3. Packaging type
This is recorded in the categories of:
- Primary
- Secondary
- Shipment
- Tertiary
Waste type
This is recorded in the categories of:
- Household waste
- Non-household waste
- ‘On the go’ drinks containers
- Street bin waste
- Reusable packaging
- Self-managed waste
Following your first submission you are required to continue to collect detailed packaging data ahead of the second submission to your compliance scheme in February 2024.